I bought a Lumix GH-4 with the intention of dedicating it to the Tilta gimbal and leaving it on there all the time, but haven't yet done that because I keep using the GH-4 for other stuff. I tried using my Pentax K-01 instead so that I could pre-balance the gimbal, but since it doesn't autofocus when recording, I had to be very careful about my distance to my subject.
I found myself not using the gimbal because it just took too much time to set up. We don't have a lot of time for our shoots so using the gimbal needs to be something I can do as easily as switching lenses. The Tilta works well once you get it balanced out, but I found that having my camera in a cage seemed to screw up the weight distribution and made it hard to get it balanced right. I don't have a lot of experience using my Pentax cameras with a gimbal, but we have Tilta GH-2 gimbals at work for use with our Lumix GH-5s cameras. So if you ever want to remove the head from the tripod ever again, use blue (strong but removable by hand) Loctite, not purple (medium strength - tools required for removal) or red (permanent).) That means the "repair" is permanent, it would take a 1200F degree torch to get it loose, and of course the threads are concealed from any such access.
* (Red Loctite is a thread-sealing compound used in heavy duty automotive applications, like the bolts that hold the ring-gear in place in a truck's differential. I did come up with a solution to that problem as well, though it involves the use of a relatively inexpensive "macro rail" (no gears, slide it where you want it kind of thing) which I have and will be continuing to document today in another thread.īatteryGrip/Gimbal Problem Solved!. First is really a tripod issue - I had to put red loctite (similar to superglue*) on the threads to keep the thing from loosening up and getting wobbly, and second, the angle of the mounting arm of the gimbal is too big for a camera with a battery grip installed.
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